World League

Estádio Grajau
Spectators: 7492 (Terracing: 5620, Seating: 1723, VIP seats: 149) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Maciej Marchlewicz kicked off to start the match. After 3 minutes of play, Vila Zumbi's Kang Fan Xiang made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Eliseu Bezerra was left in no man's land by his defense there! Eliseu Bezerra showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Maciej Marchlewicz, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. Maciej Marchlewicz might have been able to make a better finish in the 9th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Eliseu Bezerra. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Maciej Marchlewicz ran back to his position shaking his head. An unexpectedly hard shot by Maciej Marchlewicz in the 9th minute of play forced Corteva FC's goalkeeper Eliseu Bezerra to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 11 minutes into the match, Corteva FC's goal looked a bit too open when Kang Fan Xiang came free, but Eliseu Bezerra reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Maciej Marchlewicz in the 12th minute of play forced Corteva FC's goalkeeper Eliseu Bezerra to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of Vila Zumbi booed when Corteva FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 16 match minutes in a wonderful position. Wellington Penha didn't get a good kick on the ball. Carlos Fernando Schmidt took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 16th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Eliseu Bezerra. Corteva FC's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. After 19 played minutes Vila Zumbi got a freekick which was hit by Maciej Marchlewicz. Maciej Marchlewicz scored 0-2 in the 21st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Eliseu Bezerra, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 27 minutes into the match, Maciej Marchlewicz had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Eliseu Bezerra. Corteva FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Maciej Marchlewicz was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-3. Eliseu Bezerra showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Maciej Marchlewicz in the 30th minute of the match. Eliseu Bezerra showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kang Fan Xiang, who was totally free with the ball in the 32nd minute. After a defensive mix-up in Corteva FC's zone, Maciej Marchlewicz stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Eliseu Bezerra came out of the goal and Maciej Marchlewicz tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 35th minute Sergio Bertin shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Eliseu Bezerra saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 39th minute, Maciej Marchlewicz left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Vila Zumbi fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-4. Eliseu Bezerra didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Maciej Marchlewicz went, in the 44th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-5 was the resulting score.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Enéas Matorin made a kick off. Antoni Beninda took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Enéas Matorin, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 56 minutes into the match, Maciej Marchlewicz dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Eliseu Bezerra, 0-7. Vila Zumbi made a substitution. Glauco Pereira replaced 许夕昆. When Norberto Pernambucano fell near the penalty area in the 60th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Corteva FC's protests and gave Norberto Pernambucano a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of Vila Zumbi booed when Corteva FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 60 match minutes in a wonderful position. Norberto Pernambucano didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 61st minute of the match, Kang Fan Xiang tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Eliseu Bezerra saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Corteva FC's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Maciej Marchlewicz 63 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 0-8. Eliseu Bezerra made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kang Fan Xiang in the 65th minute of play. Guilherme Vianna fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 66th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Eliseu Bezerra having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kang Fan Xiang in the 68th minute of play forced Corteva FC's goalkeeper Eliseu Bezerra to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 76th minute, Vila Zumbi's Maciej Marchlewicz dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-10. Augusto Loureiro's late challenge caught a Vila Zumbi's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Augusto Loureiro helped the player get up and apologised. Augusto Loureiro hit a great freekick 79 minutes into the match. Eliseu Bezerra was a little too slow when Maciej Marchlewicz got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 81st minute. The score was now 0-11. Kang Fan Xiang might have been able to make a better finish in the 85th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Eliseu Bezerra. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Kang Fan Xiang ran back to his position shaking his head. After 87 minutes of play Corteva FC's Norberto Pernambucano was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. In the 88th minute, Norberto Pernambucano hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Eliseu Bezerra took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Maciej Marchlewicz, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When the match had gone on for 91 minutes, Maciej Marchlewicz took a quick shot and it went in 0-12 without a chance for Eliseu Bezerra to make any attempt to save it. Vila Zumbi played a much better game than Corteva FC and deserved their victory. The Corteva FC players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.